Tollygunj Agragami is the name of the team with whom Mohun Bagan will start its campaign of the season 2010-11. As we know Tollygunj Agragami was renowned giant killer in Kolkata Maidan but mariners are ready to show their best on the ground from the first match straightway. Mohun Bagan is the last three times champion and overall 29th times champion of Kolkata League and they would like to make it 4th consecutive time and overall 30th time as well.

The team’s pratice was held today in the morning and there was a match between 1st team and 2nd team where 1st team beat 2nd team by the goals of Surabuddin and Muritala. It is good for the team that number of players in the team have the scoring ability, when the strikers will not be able to score the others must do it.

Coach Stanly Rozario told that he is very happy with residential camp which was completed successfully without any injury and they would like to set momentum from the start of the season by winning the match in healty manner. He said to the reporters on the eve of of the first encounter of his team, "It’s always good if you start off with a convincing win.”

As many as six players are likely to make debut tomorrow for mariners against Agragami. They are Kinshuk Debnath, Rahul Kumar, Okwy Diamondstar (PAO), Surabuddin (u-19), Dhanrajan and Muritala. Apart from them in the first XI others are likely to be Goalkeeper Sangram Mukherjee, Jayanta Sen, Ishfaq Ahmed, Jose Barreto and Ashim Das. Edeh Chiddi, who is yet to convalesce from viral fever, is unlikely to feature in starting -XI.

 

Picture Courtesy: Bartaman

The club officials have been busy this summer securing the services of key players for the Mariners. Today we have had the players sign new contracts. Whilst it is important to sign new players, to freshen the squad, it is just as important to secure the players that are already in your squad. The satisfactory part of these signings is that there are young local players including those of MBSFA, an indication of the direction in which Mohun Bagan is slowly moving. Surkumar Singh and Rakesh Masih are the two players who have not signed today due to their national duty. They will sign later

 

Following players have signed today:

Ishfaq Ahmed (Captain), Jose Barreto, Chidi Edeh, Muritala Ali, Dhanrajan, Sangram Mukherjee, Ashim Biswas, Biswajit Saha, Dipendu Dowary, Gouranga Dutta, Harpreet Singh, Jacken Sebastian, Jayanta Sen, Karan Atwal, Kingshuk Debnath, Manish Maithani, Nagimuddin Mollick, Okwy Diamondstar, Parminder Singh, Proloy Dutta, Suman Dutta, Surabuddin Mollick, Rahul Kumar, Sagram Mandi, Santosh Oraon, Satish Kumar Jr., Shilton Paul, Sk. Azim, Snehasish Chakraborty, Souvik Chakraborty.

Mohun Bagan will play against Tolly. Agragami on Wednesday 1^st September in their first match of Sahara CFL at Mohun Bagan Ground from 3.30pm onwards.

Today Okwy Diamondstar came for very first time to Mohun Bagan tent and expressed his pride to play for National Club of India. Meanwhile Edeh Chiddi joined team practice today.

 

Picture Courtesy: Bartaman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The players who signed for the team Mohun Bagan include :

 

1. Ashim Biswas

2. Biswajit Saha

3. Chidi Edeh

4. Dhanrajan

5. Dipendu Dowary

6. Gouranga Dutta

7. Harpreet Singh

8. Ishfaq Ahmed

9. Jacken Sebastian

10. Jayanta Sen

11. Jose Barreto

12. Karan Atwal

13. Kingshuk Debnath

14. Manish Maithani

15. Nagimuddin Mallick

16. Okwy Diamondstar

17. Parminder Singh

18. Proloy Dutta

19. Rahul Kumar

20. Sagram Mandi

21. Sangram Mukherjee

22. Santosh Oraon

23. Satish Kumar (Jr.)

24. Shilton Paul

25. Sk. Azim

26. Snehasish Chakraborty

27. Souvik Chakraborty

28. Subair Muritala Ali

29. Suman Dutta

30. Surabuddin Mollick

Returning from the recently concluded pre-season camp today evening in Kolkata, Mohun Bagan coach sounded elated. “It has been a successful camp, primarily so, as it was an injury free camp. Football is infamously well-known as a body contact game and the chances of injury are relatively high. Not only can it happen in the matches, also, it can happen in the practice sessions. I am glad that our players didn’t get injured.”

Stanly adds, “Also, boys benefited from the other aspects of the game – team building comes next. Apart from gymming, swimming, and practicing together, we all ate and stayed together 24 x 7. Players bonded well,  we’ve developed a great camaraderie, and we came out as a happy lot. This will definitely help us for the rest of the season!”

“Not to forget that we had few presentation sessions, where we stressed on motivational, technical, and psychological aspects of the game.”

Asked about the host of newcomers getting integrated with the senior players of the team. Stanley said, “Several talented newcomers have joined Bagan across the country. Not only have we had players like Barreto and Chidi, who easily qualifies as a role model. Also, we have several senior players like captain Ishfaq, Sangram, and Snehasish. So, sharing space with them itself gives motivation. The new boys looked up to their seniors on the field as well as off the field.”

Being asked about how the new players breaking into the team. Stanley replies, “We have to play 50 matches in a season. I’m talking about minimum number of matches – 16 in KPL, 26 in I-league, plus Federation Cup, Durand Cup, IFA Shield, et al. No way that a single player can play that many matches,” pauses coach.

“There will be time when the players will be unavailable thru off-form and other matters, leaving aside the other important aspect, which is injury. So, every one will get a chance to show their mettle. Then, it is up to them to perform and rise in the big occasion.”

Net-net, a successful pre-season camp, with some good display in the practice matches. So, now all eyes set for next Wednesday, September 1, when Bagan takes on Tollygunge Agragami in season’s first encounter at the Sahara CFL 2010 premier division.
Meanwhile,Edeh Chiddi started his fitness training at the racecourse ground recovering from fever. He told that he is enough fit to play for his team.

Go for it, Mohun Bagan!